Bloom

Hello my friends! Hope you all are having a great weekend. Just thought I would pop in and share a card with you guys today since I didn't get a chance yesterday.Most of these goodies are from the Twitterpated Collection from Imaginisce. It's a fun collections, I don't know why it took me so long to actually pull it out and play.

I can hardly believe it, not a single stamp was used on this card! For some reason I usually have a hard time working with pattern papers, die cuts, rub-ons and such. I usually feel more comfortable working with just stamps, cardstock, a few embellishments and tools. I am a stamper at heart. What about you?

So are any of you fortunate enough to have a three day weekend (for Columbus Day)? Any big plans? My hubby works on Monday, so not much happening here. Anyways hope you have a good one. Thanks for visiting!

Maile

Bloom:

• Pattern Paper: Imaginisce
• Cardstock: White & Melon Berry
• Accessories: Imaginisce Die Cuts, Twine, Buttons from Craft Supply, Embossed Curves Border Punch, Corner Rounder

Hello Blooms

Hello all! Hope you are having a great day. My day is a little on the chilly side but yet still sunny and bright, I'm loving this perfect fall day! So here is the card for today... The flower image, from In Bloom, was stamped in ocean tides and red onto white squares then layered over brown cardstock with dimensional adhesive. I glittered the centers of each flower and layered the hand cut flower centers with dimensional adhesive.

The sentiment was stamped onto a die cut tag, strung with twine and then wrapped and tied around the card.

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you liked the card.

Maile

Hello: (All PTI unless noted)

• Stamps: In Bloom & Shapes By Design (Sentiment)
• Ink: Ocean Tides & SU Real Red
• Cardstock: Kraft, White & Dark Chocolate
• Accessories: Doodlebug Design Bon Bon Glitter, Twine from Craft Supply, Cuttlebug Tag Die

Fun With Felt

Happy Wednesday to you all! I have a fun polka dot felt card to share with you today... The polka dots were made using bright pink felt. To create these fun polka dots...first you need to punch circle from cardstock, in the desired sizes, to make templates. Next cut circles from the felt, when cutting the circles I found it easiest to place the template onto the felt then cut around it. Randomly place the felt polka dots onto the cardstock, of your desired size, using extra tacky double sided adhesive tape. Then trim the edges.
For the button and floss detail... all I did was thread the buttons, wrapped the floss around the cardstock a few times, then tied the ends together on the back side. Anyways, just thought I would share a little info with you. Hope you found it helpful!

Thanks for stopping by today, hope you enjoyed your visit!

Maile


Hello: (All PTI unless noted)

• Stamps: Polka Dot Basics II & Beyond Basic Borders (Sentiment)
• Ink: Dark Chocolate
• Cardstock: Dark Chocolate, White & Aqua Mist
• Accessories: Bright Pink Felt (Craft Store), Vintage Buttons, Embroidery Floss, Cuttlebug Tag Die, Circle Punches & Corner Rounder.

WCMD Papertrey Ink Challenge #3

Hello again everyone, please scroll down and make sure you see my first post for the day.

Last night I created two cards for the WCMD Challenges over at Nichole Heady's blog. The second card I created was for the third challenge, to be inspired by India. Here is my take...

Part of the challenge was to incorporate rhinestones, sequins & jewels in a fun and unique way. I chose to use this button that I had picked up on my last craft store excursion.

It's a little hard to tell in the photo, but in real life this button is very sparkly. Looks like it is encrusted with jewels. I loved the flowers that Dawn had made and just knew I had to give it a try with tulle, I love the way it turned out! The leaves were cut by hand and then creased down the center.

Thanks again for stopping by today!

Maile

Celebrate Today: (All PTI unless noted)

• Stamps: Cupcake Collection (Sentiment)
• Ink: Raspberry Fizz
• Cardstock: Raspberry Fizz, White & SU Wild Wasabi
• Accessories: Tulle, Button from JoAnn's, Rick Rack from Grandmothers Old Stash & Corner Rounder

WCMD Papertrey Ink Challenge #2

Good morning to you all!

Last night I had a little time to create a couple cards for the Papertrey Ink World Card Making Day Challenges, over at Nichole Heady's blog. The challenges were to take inspiration from around the world.The second challenge was to be inspired by Mexico. Here is what I came up with...
I was inspired by the lady dancers flowing skirts, trimmed in tons of ribbon and lace, found here.

Thanks for stopping by, hope you have a wonderful day!

Maile

Happy Birthday: (All PTI unless noted)

• Stamps: Background Basics: Retro & Damask Design (Sentiment)
• Ink: Dark Chocolate & Versamark
• Cardstock: Melon Berry & White
• Accessories: Lace, American Crafts White Ribbon & Corner Rounder

Raspberry Suite Color Challenge #17

Hello again my friends! Thanks so very much for bearing with me in my absence. Yesterday I finally had a chance to play around with the newest color challenge by Dawn McVey. Here is what I came up with...

I really liked the flower paper in the picture so this is my handmade version, I randomly stamped the flower image in Versamark, red and aqua inks onto craft cardstock.

Last week when my mom and I were shopping for the party we had this weekend, we stopped by the craft store and I had a chance to pick up some fun fabrics. For this card I stamped a label, from my new Vintage Labels stamp set, onto some burlap and then cut it out (I don't have the coordinating dies for this stamp set, but I did find out that Nestabilities do work on burlap).
The flower was die cut from red felt then stitched onto the burlap with a button and brown floss. Using the same brown floss I stitched "Hi" onto the label.

I hope you had a great weekend and thanks for stopping by!

Maile

"Hi": (All PTI unless noted)

• Stamps: Vintage Labels & Inque Boutique - Floradoodles
• Ink: Aqua Mist, Dark Chocolate, SU Real Red & Versamark
• Cardstock: Dark Chocolate, Kraft & Bazzil Red
• Accessories: Burlap, Flowers Cuttlebug Dies, Aqua Vintage Buttons, DMC Floss, Aqua Mist Twill Ribbon, Upper Crest Border Punch

Hi There!

Hello my friends. Please forgive me for not bringing you a card yet, things have been a bit crazy around here. My mom, my sister and I have have been planning and preparing a good bye party for my brother, this Saturday. He will be leaving us very soon to join the Navy. We are very excited for and proud of him. I will definitely be keeping him in prayer as he makes this new journey.

I do hope to have time to share another creation with you guys soon. I just wanted to pop in and say I haven't forgotten about you guys and that I have considered your requests about a tutorial on how to create those French Knots. I have never done a tutorial before (but I am excited about trying something new) and I do hope to put something together for you soon.

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend and a blessed day!

Maile